At least 540 people could not leave flood shelters in Zakiganj till Saturday afternoon as floodwater receded slowly in parts of Sylhet district.
Pure drinking water and food crises still affected hundreds of thousands in areas that emerged from under water after more than a week.
According to the Sylhet office of the Water Development Board, the River Kushiyara was flowing 49 centimetres above the danger mark at Fenchuganj at 3:00pm Saturday.
鈥楾he water level of the Kushiyara fell by only 2cm at Fenchuganj in the 24 hours from 3:00pm on Friday,鈥� WDB Sylhet鈥檚 executive engineer Dipak Ranjan Dash told 抖阴精品.
He said that other rivers, however, were flowing below the聽danger marks.
The flash flood caused by heavy rainfall and onrush of water from the upstream region of India hit Sylhet on May 30, marooning around 1,00,000 people of 842 villages at 10 upazilas out of 13 in the district and 30 Wards out of 42 in the divisional Sylhet city.
Talking to 抖阴精品 about Saturday noon, Fenchuganj Upazila Parishad vice-president Md Zahirul Islam said that almost all the roads in the upazila had remained under water for more than a week, causing unbearable sufferings to people.
鈥楲ow-income group people are the worst sufferers as flood severely disrupted their livelihood,鈥櫬爃e said.
鈥榃e are helpless. We can neither endure the situation, nor can we come out of it,鈥� Zahirul added.
Mostaque Ahmed Chowdhury, chairman of Barhal union of Jakiganj upazila, told 抖阴精品 in the afternoon that the floodwater was moving down very slowly from the inundated homes and roads and allies.
He said that all 33 villages of his union were flooded and the administration allotted 10 tonnes of rice to distribute among the flood-hit people.
鈥楾he amount of relief is scanty for around 45,000 residents of the union. The low-income earners have been passing hard times as the floodwater is receding very slowly,鈥� Mostaque said, adding that the day labourers were in a difficult plight as the flood left them jobless.
Md Nazrul Islam, chairman of Purbo Aligaon union in Goainghat upazila in the district, told 抖阴精品 that recent flood caused massive damages in his union.
He said that though the floodwaters receded transportation became extremely difficult as all of the roads were heavily damaged.
Stating that four tonnes of rice and around 1,000 packets of dry foods were allotted for the flood victims in his union so far, he added that food crisis was worsening in the area every day.
鈥楳oreover, shortage of pure drinking water is becoming another problem,鈥� the union chairman said.
He also informed that seedbeds and standing Aush paddy, which is a main annual yield in the union, were completely damaged in this flood. 聽聽
